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Endeavour Arrives At Edwards Air Force Base

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The space shuttle Endeavour finally made it to California, arriving at Edwards Air Force Base near Palmdale Thursday afternoon.

The shuttle, flown atop a 747, departed Ellington Field near Houston's Johnson Space Center around 5 a.m. PST and touched town in Palmdale around 12:50 p.m. Thursday.

It will spend the night at Edwards AFB and refuel for Friday's California tour where it will pass over numerous SoCal landmarks at 1,500 feet.

Below is an approximate schedule for Endeavour as it travels from Edwards Air Force Base to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay-area and then back south to LAX.

FRIDAY
8:15 a.m.
Endeavour leaves Edwards

11:30 a.m.
Endeavour begins flyovers of several Southland locations (sequential order not released for security purposes):

Proud Bird Restaurant (LAX)
Griffith Observatory
Boeing Plant (Seal Beach)
California Science Center (Exposition Park)
Disneyland
Downtown Los Angeles
Hollywood Hills
Huntington Beach
Getty Center
Malibu
Venice
JPL Pasadena
Santa Monica Pier
Space X (Hawthorne)
Universal Studios
Queen Mary and Aquarium

12 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour arrives at LAX

The El Segundo Police Department has designated the 300 to 600 blocks of E. Imperial Avenue as public viewing space to watch Endeavour land at LAX.

Endeavour will be housed at the United Airlines hanger until it is driven through the streets of South Los Angeles to the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Oct. 12.

The shuttle is due to go on display at the museum on Oct. 30.

Approximately 7,000 visitors are expected at the exhibit everyday. The Science Center is currently selling advanced tickets online for $3 to reserve a viewing time slot.

As Southern California witnesses history Friday, join OUR coverage! We're looking for street team members to shoot video and pictures of their shuttle moments!

Send photos to streetteam@cbs.com and you could see them on TV Friday as part of our all-day shuttle coverage.

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History Of The Space Shuttle Endeavour

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